Vietnam's General Vo Nguyen Giap dies

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BanzaiCat

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24402278

QuoteVo Nguyen Giap, the Vietnamese general who masterminded victories against France and the US, has died aged 102.

His defeat of French forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1953 made him the first military commander to defeat a major Western power in Asia.

He went on to oversee the Tet Offensive against American forces in 1968, often cited as one of the factors that led to the Americans' withdrawal.

Gen Giap also published a number of works on military strategy.

Martok

Wow.  I didn't realize the old bastard was still alive. 

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bayonetbrant

Agree with Martok... File that one under "Holy shit!" 
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LongBlade

Hmmm.

I think I'll file it under: See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya.
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Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

GDS_Starfury

he may have been the enemy but he certainly has his shit together.
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Dolan50

Vo Nguyen Giap, the relentless and charismatic North Vietnamese general whose battlefield victory at Dien Bien Phu drove France out of Vietnam and whose tenacious resistance to the United States in a long and costly war there and eventually sapped America's political will to fight, died on Friday in Hanoi. He was believed to be 102.
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Gusington

I am assuming he also fought the Japanese before the French. Would be interesting to pick his brain.


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bayonetbrant

merging multiple topics - moving to Current Events for now
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

GDS_Starfury

so weve got Tom Clancy and Giap so far.

whos gonna be #3?
Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


mirth

Me, if my weekend goes according to plan :P
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GDS_Starfury

Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


Gusington



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Jarhead0331

Just posting this topic to mess with with Brant. Yay!
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LongBlade

Quote from: Gusington on October 04, 2013, 03:58:33 PM
Sounds like she's awesome :)

He's got the best of both worlds.

And I have a music vid for that, but I love you guys too much to post Hannah Montana.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.